Extracurricular Activities - Paperback

by Maggie Barbieri (Author)

You'd think, now that she's off the hook for murder, that Alison, an English professor at a cushy college campus just north of chaotic New York City, would be able to relax. But how can she, with a wedding in the works? A Ph.D can only go so far...
The recently-divorced Alison couldn't be happier for her best friend, the bride Max. The problem is with the groom. Namely, his best man: the stunningly handsome yet technically married NYPD homicide detective Bobby Crawford. Alison just can't stop day-dreaming about him--until a new nightmare unfolds.

Alison's ex-husband has just turned up dead. And now that's she's being dragged into another murder investigation--his time, involving the Mob-boss parent of a student--Bobby might be the only man she can trust with her life. But will he ever make Alison his wife? With a killer on the loose, the pursuit of happiness may just have to wait...

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Professional academic and amateur sleuth Alison Bergeron is worried to death about her best friend's wedding in her latest and wildest adventure yet!

QUIRKY, ROMANTIC...fashionable, free-spirited [and] intense --Tampa Tribune
You'd think, now that she's off the hook for murder, that Alison, an English professor at a cushy college campus just north of chaotic New York City, would be able to relax. But how can she, with a wedding in the works? A Ph.D can only go so far...

Will please readers who like action and romance in the same package.--Booklist
The recently-divorced Alison couldn't be happier for her best friend, the bride Max. The problem is with the groom. Namely, his best man: the stunningly handsome yet technically married NYPD homicide detective Bobby Crawford. Alison just can't stop day-dreaming about him--until a new nightmare unfolds.

Series Grade: A.--Susan McBride, author of the Debutante Dropout Mysteries

Alison's ex-husband has just turned up dead. And now that's she's being dragged into another murder investigation--his time, involving the Mob-boss parent of a student--Bobby might be the only man she can trust with her life. But will he ever make Alison his wife? With a killer on the loose, the pursuit of happiness may just have to wait...

Author Biography

Maggie Barbieri, author of Murder 101, is a freelance textbook editor as well as a mystery novelist. Her father was a member of the New York Police Department, and his stories provide much of the background for her mysteries. This is her second novel. She lives in Westchester County, New York.